Music for Prague 1968 (Mvt 1) by Karel Husa - Warren Township High School Symphonic Band I

[tanhueco824]

GREEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IS PLAYING THIS :D

[Lieder83]

Wonderful Piece!

[cabsmellokub79]

I'm an alumni of this program and I was in Symphonic Band 1. Wow, this blows away anything we did back in the day. Congrats WTHS!!!!

[CHISed1]

I played this piece in 1971 as when I was at Syracuse University. Karel Husa conducted the piece. At the time, he was a professor at Cornell. It is a truly vivid piece, and very contemporary in his vision of bringing the invasion to life.

[maestrojimbo]

Impressive! Where did this fine conductor learn his craft?

[sgsmozart]

I first heard this piece in May 1969 with the University of Michigan Symphony Band under the direction Dr. William D. Revelli. That performance was the greatest I have ever heard!

[maestrojimbo]

@sgsmozart I played in that concert under Revelli and we were completely enthralled with this piece. I also saw Revelli conduct this at his last performance in Carnegie hall. My classmates at Juilliard were stunned and didn't realize that a band could sound like that. To hear Mich Band vids I've posted type in maestrojimbo and scroll down to hear Hindemith, Gianinni, Schuman, etc.

[dubdwells]

Very impressive. Each ensemble that I listen to perform this song have their own signature. This signature was very impressive also as with the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Great conducting and great intonation.

[SatanisaBeaverShark]

This was awesome. I'm so glad they finally won Super State.

[WanderCluelessly]

I saw this! They were incredible.